I suppose these should be posted separately since they are unrelated
but I'm a bit on the lazy side.
MG on MT Revisited:
Well, I recorded the next two episodes of "The Charmer" on Masterpiece
Theatre in hopes of getting some more views of the early MG I've been
trying to identify. Unfortunately most of the action was indoors so
there weren't as many shots of the car as in the first two hours.
However, there was one good profile view from which I was able to verify
something that I thought I had noticed earlier. There are rows of
louvers just below the doors. They appear to be 3-4" high and extend
about the width as the doors themselves. Someone (Roger?) mentioned
that there were some MGs of this vintage with sixes in them. From the
long hood line, I think this might be a possibility.
Some More Whitworth Trivia:
After reading Philip Ethier note regarding the correct size Whitworth
wrench needed for his Armstrong fill plug, I measured the diameter of
one of the master cylinder mounting bolts I removed with my 1/4 W
wrench. It was .516" which I assume is within the tolerance for 5/16".
So, either the wrenches that Moss sells are mismarked as Philip suggests
or the meaning of the number stamped on them is more mysterious than
originally thought.
Cleaning Rubber and Hydraulic Brake Parts:
What I've been doing to clean my gudgy old brake parts is scrubbing them
with a brush in hot water, rinsing them off with alcohol, blowing all
the innards out with air, coating the interiors with Castrol LMA and
storing them in Ziplock bags until I'm ready to get back to them. I
would think that water (maybe with a little detergent) would also work
well on the external rubber dust covers, plus it wouldn't leave a
coating of anything for dust to collect on. Even waxes seem to attract
dust. Plain old water has worked surprisingly well at removing 26 years
accumulation of brake fluid and God-know-what else from the cylinders
themselves (I haven't gotten to the calipers yet). I used a tooth brush
inside the bores and a wire brush on the outsides. BTW, I would like to
paint some of the linkage pieces before re-assembly. Since brake fluid
is such a good paint remover, I guess something special will be needed.
How about an epoxy based paint?
Welcome Back:
I'm glad to see TeriAnn Wakeman on the list. TeriAnn is the one who
originally told me about the b-c list though it took me about a year to
find out how to reliable receive anything from it. BTW, could you (or
anyone) please post the date of the Palo Alto British Car Show.
Roland Dudley
cobra@hpcilan.hp.com
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